Tianhu Sun

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tianhu Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianhu Sun has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biochemistry and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Tianhu Sun's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (20 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (20 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (17 papers). Tianhu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (20 papers), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (20 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (17 papers). Tianhu Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Tianhu Sun's co-authors include Li Li, Hui Yuan, Yaakov Tadmor, Xuesong Zhou, Sombir Rao, Hongbo Cao, Mohammad Yazdani, Shan Lu, Ralf Welsch and Xiangjun Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tianhu Sun

29 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants: The Role of Plastids

2017 487 citations Tianhu Sun, Hui Yuan et al. Molecular Plant profile →
Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives

2022 275 citations Tianhu Sun, Sombir Rao et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tianhu Sun United States	18	1.1k	758	583	176	96	30	1.5k
Claudia Stange Chile	22	971 0.9×	671 0.9×	815 1.4×	117 0.7×	73 0.8×	48	1.6k
Nazia Nisar Australia	8	1.0k 0.9×	536 0.7×	778 1.3×	127 0.7×	110 1.1×	9	1.5k
Hongbo Cao China	13	850 0.8×	541 0.7×	511 0.9×	75 0.4×	59 0.6×	27	1.1k
Camara Brahima Ivory Coast	16	991 0.9×	563 0.7×	599 1.0×	122 0.7×	76 0.8×	57	1.4k
Chao Bai China	17	682 0.6×	507 0.7×	389 0.7×	130 0.7×	32 0.3×	35	1.1k
Maria Shumskaya United States	14	654 0.6×	319 0.4×	216 0.4×	181 1.0×	85 0.9×	33	925
Susanne Römer Germany	20	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.6×	687 1.2×	321 1.8×	58 0.6×	32	2.3k
Hui Yuan China	24	2.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.8×	1.2k 2.0×	220 1.3×	130 1.4×	37	2.9k
Nay Chi Khin Australia	2	608 0.5×	463 0.6×	373 0.6×	95 0.5×	77 0.8×	3	927
Maria Magallanes‐Lundback United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	831 1.1×	1.2k 2.1×	112 0.6×	134 1.4×	27	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Tianhu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianhu Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianhu Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tianhu Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tianhu Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tianhu Sun. Tianhu Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Yang, Ryan Chang, Dongchang Zeng, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Production of Ginsenosides: Advances in Biosynthesis and Metabolic Engineering. Plants. 14(18). 2821–2821.

Zhang, Wansong, et al.. (2025). Large-scale CRISPRi screens link metabolic stress to glioblastoma chemoresistance. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 289–289. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Tianhu, Andy C. W. Lui, Shaohua Zeng, et al.. (2025). GLKs directly regulate carotenoid biosynthesis via interacting with GBFs in plants. New Phytologist. 246(2). 645–665. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Wansong, Ziwei Liang, Tianhu Sun, et al.. (2024). Identification of genetic modifiers enhancing B7-H3-targeting CAR T cell therapy against glioblastoma through large-scale CRISPRi screening. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 43(1). 95–95. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Tianhu, Peng Wang, Sombir Rao, et al.. (2023). Co-chaperoning of chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis by ORANGE family proteins in plants. Molecular Plant. 16(6). 1048–1065. 35 indexed citations

Zhou, Xuesong, Sombir Rao, Tianhu Sun, et al.. (2022). Phytoene Synthase: The Key Rate-Limiting Enzyme of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 884720–884720. 93 indexed citations

Sun, Tianhu, Sombir Rao, Xuesong Zhou, & Li Li. (2022). Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 3–3. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Fei, Sangbom M. Lyi, Tianhu Sun, et al.. (2022). Involvement of cytokinins in STOP1-mediated resistance to proton toxicity. Stress Biology. 2(1). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

Chavarriaga‐Aguirre, Paul, Luís Augusto Becerra López‐Lavalle, Tianhu Sun, et al.. (2022). Characterization of cassava ORANGE proteins and their capability to increase provitamin A carotenoids accumulation. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0262412–e0262412. 11 indexed citations

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Chayut, Noam, Hui Yuan, Yi Zheng, et al.. (2021). Comparative transcriptome analyses shed light on carotenoid production and plastid development in melon fruit. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 112–112. 31 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhu, Qinlong Zhu, Tara Fish, et al.. (2021). Multi-strategy engineering greatly enhances provitamin A carotenoid accumulation and stability in Arabidopsis seeds. aBIOTECH. 2(3). 191–214. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhu, Yaakov Tadmor, & Li Li. (2019). Pathways for Carotenoid Biosynthesis, Degradation, and Storage. Methods in molecular biology. 2083. 3–23. 47 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhu & Li Li. (2019). Toward the ‘golden’ era: The status in uncovering the regulatory control of carotenoid accumulation in plants. Plant Science. 290. 110331–110331. 113 indexed citations

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Welsch, Ralf, Xiangjun Zhou, Hui Yuan, et al.. (2017). Clp Protease and OR Directly Control the Proteostasis of Phytoene Synthase, the Crucial Enzyme for Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 11(1). 149–162. 119 indexed citations

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Magnuson, Andrew D., Tianhu Sun, Rutie Yin, et al.. (2017). 379 Dietary supplementation of microalgal astaxanthin produced dose-dependent enrichments of the phytochemical and elevations of radical absorbance capacity in tissues and eggs of layer hens. Journal of Animal Science. 95(suppl_4). 188–188. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhu, Fei Zhou, Chuan‐Jun Liu, Zhong Zhuang, & Shan Lu. (2015). The DnaJ-like zinc finger domain protein ORANGE localizes to the nucleus in etiolated cotyledons of Arabidopsis thaliana. PROTOPLASMA. 253(6). 1599–1604. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Fei, et al.. (2015). The bZIP transcription factor HY5 interacts with the promoter of the monoterpene synthase gene QH6 in modulating its rhythmic expression. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 304–304. 42 indexed citations

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Men, Xiao, et al.. (2013). Or mutation leads to photo-oxidative stress responses in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) seedlings during de-etiolation. Journal of Plant Research. 126(6). 823–832. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiangjun, et al.. (2010). The cauliflower Orange gene enhances petiole elongation by suppressing expression of eukaryotic release factor 1. New Phytologist. 190(1). 89–100. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Tianhu, et al.. (2010). Coordinated Regulation of Gene Expression for Carotenoid Metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 52(10). 868–878. 27 indexed citations

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